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In stochastic analysis, a part of the mathematical theory of probability, a predictable process is a stochastic process whose value is knowable at a prior time. The predictable processes form the smallest class that is closed under taking limits of sequences and contains all adapted left-continuous processes.
Humans are animals, despite the fact that the word animal is colloquially used as an antonym for human. [176] [177] Ecosystems do not naturally move back towards an equilibrium using negative feedback. [178] The concept of an inherent "balance of nature" has been superseded by chaos theory. [179]
Animals have significantly more predictable behavior than humans. Driven by natural selection, animals develop mating calls, predator warnings, and communicative dances. One example of these engrained behaviors is the Belding's ground squirrel, which developed a specific set of calls that warn nearby squirrels about predators.
In other words, the deterministic nature of these systems does not make them predictable. [11] [12] This behavior is known as deterministic chaos, or simply chaos. The theory was summarized by Edward Lorenz as: [13] Chaos: When the present determines the future but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.
Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon [1] or creeping determinism, [2] is the common tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they were.
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
[2] [3] A more extreme antonym of determinism is indeterminism, or the view that events are not deterministically caused but rather occur due to random chance. Historically, debates about determinism have involved many philosophical positions and given rise to multiple varieties or interpretations of determinism.
Predictable may refer to: Something which shows predictability "Predictable" (Delta Goodrem song), 2003 "Predictable" (Good Charlotte song), 2004 "Predictable" (The Kinks song), 1981 "Predictable", a song by The Mr. T Experience from their 1988 album Night Shift at the Thrill Factory "Predictable", a song by Avail from their 1992 album Satiate